A “DUD" SHELL
FRONT LINE INCIDENT The consternation created among a New Zealand unit holding a base ridge before Tobruk by the arrival of a “dud” shell is described by Private L. S. Price, formerly of Oakura. “It bounded up the ridge, swooped ever the top, and headed straight for our truck, beside which we were lying. It hit the front wheel with a smack and rolled over,” he writes and adds “Then we had a good look at it. It was a six-inch naval shell more than 12 inches long. I didn’t know whether to leap straight into the air, bolt for a hole, or stay and stare at it. Someone said it might be a time-shell, likely to go off at any moment, and so we all hurried away. Then we thought it might blow the truck apart, and so we rushed back, keeping an eye on the thing, climbed into the truck, slammed in the gears, and—;you would hardly believe it—drove right over the shell. As we went from that spot a voice from the scrub called out: ‘And you drive a truck. You shouldn’t be allowed to handle a horse.’ ”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4527, 23 January 1942, Page 8
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194A “DUD" SHELL Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4527, 23 January 1942, Page 8
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